Best Music Films of 1984
Baryshnikov Dances Sinatra & More...
This is a dance ... to which Baryshnikov dances include: "Push comes to Shove," "Sinatra Suite," "The Little Ballet," and "The ABC's of Ballet." [ best music films - 1984 ]
The Singing Cowboys
Singing cowboys Rex Allen, ... come together for a special on-stage reunion and their old friend Boxcar Willie drops by for a special appearance. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Don Quixote
This performance video contains ... Mikhail Baryshnikov choreographs and stars as Basilio. Also starring Brian Adams as Sancho Panza and Cynthia Harvey as Kitri. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Manon Lescaut
Renowned opera stars Placido ... opera. Conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli leads the Royal Opera Chorus and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. [ best music films - 1984 ]
999: Feelin' Alright With the Crew
This concert, filmed at ... I Need You," "Boys in the Gang," "Let's Face It," "Homicide," "My Street Stinks," "I'm Alive," and seven more. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Anna Russell: The (First) Farewell Concert
This video, directed by ... comedy to bear on a number of opera classics, including Wagner's Ring Cycle, which she performs in ten minutes. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Legend: The Best of Bob Marley and the Wailers
Thirteen of Marley's songs ... included in this view of his life. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Daryl Hall and John Oates: Video Collection: 7 Big Ones
A musical performance video ... the masters of blue-eyed soul, Daryl Hall and John Oates. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Duran Duran: Sing Blue Silver
A musical performance video ... covers the 1984 concert tour. Some tunes are "The Reflex," and "Girls on Film." [ best music films - 1984 ]
Giselle (Ballet Teatro Municipal of Rio de Janeiro)
One of South America's ... mounts this 1984 production of Fernando Bujones's Giselle, starring Antonio Gaspar, Ana Botafogo and Beatriz Melucci. Dalar Achar directs. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Hawkwind: Night of the Hawks
Various titles are performed ... Hawkwind including "Brainstorm," "PSI Power" and "Silver Machine." [ best music films - 1984 ]
Herbie Hancock Trio: Hurricane!
This program presents jazz ... include "Eye of the Hurricane," "Dolphin Dance," and "Willow Weep for Me." A light show provides accompanying visual effects. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Julius Caesar
Image Entertainment presents this ... Roman emperor, Julius Caesar also includes Valerie Masterson as Cleopatra, Sarah Walker as Cornelia, and Della Jones as Sextus. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Keith Jarrett: Last Solo
Pianist Keith Jarrett takes ... '84" series. Inerpretations include "Tokyo '84 #1", "Tokyo '84 #2", "Over the Rainbow", and the "Tokyo '84 Encore". [ best music films - 1984 ]
La Cenerentola
This musical performance video ... us Rossini's interpretation of "Cinderella" in grand operatic fashion. The London Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by Donato Renzetti. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Mary Stuart
The English National Opera ... this version of Donizetti's opera centered around Mary, Queen of Scots. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Mozart: Requiem
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem ... in Munich, which features vocal soloists Edith Mathis (soprano), Truseliese Schmidt (alto), Peter Schreier (tenor), and Gwynne Howell (bass). [ best music films - 1984 ]
Stop Making Sense
Stop Making Sense was ... never gets the feeling of by-the-numbers repetition; the group's energy is such that it virtually explodes from the screen. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Tosca's Kiss
Before he died in ... Both Verdi fans and opera aficionados will especially enjoy this "off-stage" look at a group of performers in retirement. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Wrathchild: Live from London
This musical performance features ... hard rock music of Wrathchild. Includes tunes like "Sweet Surrender," "Too Wild To Tame" and many others. [ best music films - 1984 ]
The Birthday Party: Pleasure Heads Must Burn
Featuring footage from two ... among many others. Bonus material includes footage from several television appearances which originally aired on British and Dutch stations. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Double Vision Present; Cabaret Voltaire
One of the truly ... of rare footage; selections include "Seconds Too Late", "Badge of Evil", "Diskono", "Trash (Part 1)", "Landslide", and nine more. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Frank Zappa: Does Humor Belong in Music?
Legendary composer and musician ... a number of songs which don't appear on the CD release of the same name drawn from this concert. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Gospel According to Al Green
In this biographical documentary, ... candid and revelatory interview with Green. Clips of his performances provide additional eloquent commentary on the singer and minister. [ best music films - 1984 ]
OperaFest: The Gala Reopening of the Zürich Opera House
Enjoy the music of ... Wagner, Verdi, Bizet and others in this opening celebration of the Zurich Opera House in 1984. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Police: The Synchronicity Concert
Combining elements of rock, ... popular songs, including "King of Pain," "Every Breath You Take," "Wrapped Around Your Finger," and "Message in a Bottle." [ best music films - 1984 ]
La Forza del Destino
This video captures the ... of this tragic Verdi opera as it is performed by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Tony Rice: An Intimate Lesson with Tony Rice
Tony Rice is one ... as Rice plays several other tunes. Among the six songs included are "Blackberry Blossom," "Muleskinner Blues," and "Gold Rush." [ best music films - 1984 ]
You Can Play Jazz Piano, Vol. 2: Basic Keyboard Harmony
Many of the great ... a dizzying array of sounds and harmonies that will become the building blocks of playing jazz standards and improvisation. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Herbert Von Karajan - His Legacy for Home Video: Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 "Eroica"
The legendary Herbert von ... for German television in 1984, the film was directed by von Karajan himself, and features a full digital soundtrack. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Herbert Von Karajan - His Legacy for Home Video: Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5
From Sony Classics comes ... Symphony Number 5 in E Minor with the Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra in 1984 at the Grosser Musikvereinssaal in Vienna. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Another State of Mind
Youth Brigade was a ... scene; Minor Threat frontman Ian McKaye would also go on to bigger things as guitarist and singer with Fugazi. [ best music films - 1984 ]
L'Incoronazione
Claudio Monteverdi's swan song, ... Ewing interprets the title role, with Dennis Bailey as Nero, Cynthia Clarey as Octavia, and Robert Lloyd as Seneca. [ best music films - 1984 ]
All Soul's Day Concert 1984
The one-time music director ... the kind of precision and attention to detail that will ensure his legacy lives on for centuries to come. [ best music films - 1984 ]
P.D.Q. Bach: The Abduction of Figaro
Labeled "a simply grand ... Schlepporello, who agrees to exchange the booty if he is allowed to sing and dance, and all ends happily. [ best music films - 1984 ]
George London: A Tribute
From his modest beginnings ... his favorite role of Boris Godunov and from Le Nozze Di Figaro in which he starred with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Herbert Von Karajan - His Legacy for Home Video: New Year's Concert 1984
From Sony Classics comes ... Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra performing Bach's Concerto for Violins, Strings and Continuo in E Major and "Magnificant". [ best music films - 1984 ]
Huey Lewis & the News: Live at Rockpalast
Rockpalast was a German ... "Heart of Rock and Roll," "If This Is It," "Workin' For a Livin',", and "I Want a New Drug." [ best music films - 1984 ]
No. 17 Cotton Mill Shanghai Blues: Music in China
The video series Beats ... titles in this extensive documentary series include Sukiyaki and Chips, Shotguns and Accordions, and Konkombe: The Nigerian Pop Music. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Sounds Magnificent: The Story of the Symphony - Haydn & Mozart
This program is part ... well as featuring selections from their works. This episode presents renditions of Haydn's Symphony 87 and Mozart's Symphony 39. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Sounds Magnificent: The Story of the Symphony - Shostakovich
This program is part ... works. This episode features a biography of Russian composer Shostakovich, along with a performance of his Symphony Number 5. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Sounds Magnificent: The Story of the Symphony - Berlioz
This program is part ... selections from their works. This episode presents a performance of the Symphony Fantastique, written by the colorful composer Berlioz. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Sounds Magnificent: The Story of the Symphony - Beethoven
This program is part ... episode features a biography of the composer Beethoven, as well as performances of his Symphonies Numbers 5 and 7. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Adriana Lecouvreur
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John Lee Hooker: Rare Performances 1960-1984
This film collects a ... Right to Suffer," "You Looking Good Again Tonight," "So Cold in Chicago," and "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer." [ best music films - 1984 ]
Herbert Von Karajan - His Legacy for Home Video: Beethoven - Concerto in D Major For Violin & Orchest
From Sony Classics comes ... & Orchestra presents a 1984 performances by Von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra featuring Anne-Sophie Mutter on Violin. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Sounds Magnificent: The Story of the Symphony - Tchaikovsky
Conductor Andre Previn explores ... 'Pathetique'" in this installment of a series produced to showcase a variety of popular works from the concert repertoire. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Sounds Magnificent: The Story of the Symphony - Brahms
This program is part ... the opus, and then the music begins. This volume contains Brahms' "Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98." [ best music films - 1984 ]
Dead Kennedys: DMPO's on Broadway
Punk has become as ... as they perform smashing renditions of Kennedy classics such as Religious Vomit, Hop with the Jet Set and Riot. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Black Flag Live
Although Black Flag was ... is unknowingly spit on by Ginn! Any true fan of Black Flag will definitely enjoy the nearly hour-long Live. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Mendelssohn Gala Concert From the Gewandhaus Leipzig
The Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Orchestra, ... and Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor Op. 64, the latter featuring guest soloist Frank Michael Erben. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Luciano Pavarotti in Recital: Bari, Italy 1984
Luciano Pavarotti in Recital: ... tenor performing nearly twenty selections. The setlist includes selections from Griselda and Tosca, "Ave Maria," and "O Sole Mio." [ best music films - 1984 ]
Giuseppe Sinopoli: Dreampaths of Music - From the Rhine to the Nile
For the Dresden Staatskapelle's ... Nile, sets Schumann's Symphony No. 3, Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, and Wagner's Parsifal to a series of travelogue images. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Giuseppe Sinopoli: Dreampaths of Music - The Two Eyes of Horus
For the Dresden Staatskapelle's ... (among other pieces) to images of Egypt, drawing parallels between the European composition and the land of the pyramids. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Ohne Filter - Musik Pur: Larry Carlton in Concert
The European music program ... guitarist Larry Carlton. Songs performed during the show include "I Gotta Right", "Strikes Twice", "Last Nite", and "Larry's Secret". [ best music films - 1984 ]
Peter Tosh: Captured Live
This concert film captures ... close to a dozen songs including classics like "Get Up, Stand Up," "Johnny B. Goode," and "Coming In Hot." [ best music films - 1984 ]
Tom Principato and Danny Gatton: Blazing Telecasters
This program features eight ... performances by Tom Principato and Danny Gatton such as Tom's Samba and In A Dream. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Turntable Technique: The Art of the DJ
Presented by Berklee Press, ... techniques, basic scratching, how to beat match and cue up songs, and the basics of dragging, crabs, and flares. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Herbert Von Karajan - His Legacy for Home Video: Brahms - German Requiem
From Sony Classics comes ... Grosser Musikvereinssaal with Von Karajan conducting the Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra. Featured performers include Kathleen Battle and Jose Van Dam. [ best music films - 1984 ]
The Soldier's Tale
Max Von Sydow and ... forR.O. Blechman's animated adaptation of Stravinsky's L'Histoire Du Soldat. The music was performed by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Eugene Onegin
Tchaikovski's operatic adaptation of ... at the Kirov Opera in St. Petersburg. Featuring Sergei Leyferkus, Yuri Marusin, and Tatiana Novikova in the lead roles. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Sha Na Na in Concert
Formed by students at ... roll era; selections include "Get a Job," "At the Hop," "Rock Around the Clock," "The Loco-Motion," and many more. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Tosca
This performance of Puccini's ... Tosca, a tale of innocent love and heinous crime, features the vocal talents of Eva Marton and Giacomo Aragall. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Samhain: Live 1984 Stardust Ballroom
This program captures a ... by the band Samhain at the now demolished Stardust Ballroom in 1984. [ best music films - 1984 ]
Liz Story: Solid Colours
Three-time Grammy-nominated composer and ... offers an hour-long performance that includes such compositions as "Rope Trick", "Things with Wings", "Unaccountable Effect", and "Solid Colours". [ best music films - 1984 ]
Louis Armstrong: King of Jazz
Louis Armstrong: King of ... biographical sketch of the artist widely recognized a one of the most influential music figures of the twentieth century. [ best music films - 1984 ]
The Mutants: Forensic Report
One of the first ... original band members. Songs include "Insect Lounge", "Furniture", "War Against Girls", "Opposite World", "Think, Think, Think" and many more. [ best music films - 1984 ]
